India Women Vs South Africa Women 2nd Match 29 April 2025

2nd ODI • R.Premadasa Stadium • Colombo

India Women

276/6 (50)

South Africa Women

261 (49.2)

IND-W won by 15 runs

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Player of the Match Sneh Rana

5/43

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India Women

276/6 (50)

Batters

Pratika Rawal

85.71

b Mlaba

Smriti Mandhana

66.67

c Meso b Dercksen

Harleen Deol

61.70

b Mlaba

Harmanpreet Kaur

85.42

Not out

Jemimah Rodrigues

128.13

c Khaka b Klaas

Richa Ghosh

171.43

c Luus b Khaka

Deepti Sharma

112.50

c Tryon b de Klerk

Kashvee Gautam

83.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 13)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 5.52)

276/6

Did not Bat

Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Shree Charani

Bowlers

EXT

Ayabonga Khaka

5.25

Masabata Klaas

4.78

Sune Luus

6.00

Nadine de Klerk

4.33

Nonkululeko Mlaba

5.50

Annerie Dercksen

13.33

Chloe Tryon

4.71

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Smriti Mandhana

c Meso b Dercksen

1-83

18.3

Pratika Rawal

b Mlaba

2-151

30.4

Harleen Deol

b Mlaba

3-154

32.3

Jemimah Rodrigues

c Khaka b Klaas

4-213

42.1

Richa Ghosh

c Luus b Khaka

5-247

45.5

Deepti Sharma

c Tryon b de Klerk

6-259

47.4

South Africa Women

261/10 (49.2)

Batters

Laura Wolvaardt

57.33

lbw b Sharma

Tazmin Brits

109

107

101.87

c & b Rana

Lara Goodall

81.82

b Rana

Karabo Meso

41.18

b Reddy

Sune Luus

82.35

c (sub Kaur) b Shree Charani

Chloe Tryon

81.82

c (sub Kaur) b Rana

Annerie Dercksen

150.00

c Deol b Rana

Nadine de Klerk

0.00

b Rana

Masabata Klaas

100.00

runout (Reddy)

Nonkululeko Mlaba

133.33

runout (Ghosh / Sharma)

Ayabonga Khaka

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(49.2 Ov, RR: 5.29)

261/10

Bowlers

EXT

Kashvee Gautam

7.2

6.41

Arundhati Reddy

6.56

Sneh Rana

4.30

Shree Charani

5.10

Deepti Sharma

4.00

Pratika Rawal

5.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Laura Wolvaardt

lbw b Sharma

1-140

27.5

Lara Goodall

b Rana

2-151

30.3

Karabo Meso

b Reddy

3-181

36.4

Sune Luus

c (sub Kaur) b Shree Charani

4-207

41.4

Chloe Tryon

c (sub Kaur) b Rana

5-240

45.5

Nadine de Klerk

b Rana

6-250

47.2

Annerie Dercksen

c Deol b Rana

7-251

47.4

Tazmin Brits

c & b Rana

8-252

47.6

Masabata Klaas

runout (Reddy)

9-253

48.2

Nonkululeko Mlaba

runout (Ghosh / Sharma)

10-261

49.2

Match Info

Date & Time

29 Apr, 10:00 AM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

Match

2nd ODI,

Sri Lanka Womens Tri-Nation Series

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Umpires

Anna Harris (England), Dedunu de Silva (Sri Lanka), Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Vanessa de Silva (Sri Lanka)

Toss

India Women elected to bat

0 4 0 0 4 1

Over 47

Runs: 9

1 W 1 W 1 W

Over 48

Runs: 3

1 W 0 0 1 0

Over 49

Runs: 2

6 1W

Over 50

Runs: 7

All Overs

Player of the Match Sneh Rana

5/43

Commentary

5:45 pm local time (5:45 pm IST): What a rollercoaster of a ride this was! ODI cricket at its very best! India Women triumphed under pressure and made this win a memorable one! South Africa Women go again on the 2nd of May against hosts Sri Lanka Women. Which team will pick up its first points? We shall see! But you can switch tabs right here to catch all the action from Delhi a little bit later on in the evening when Delhi Capitals take on Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 48 in the IPL. For now, it is the pair of Rajarshi and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Harmanpreet Kaur [India Women captain]: "I think they were in the gam till around the 25th over. After that, wickets started to fall and slowly but surely got back into the match. When Tazmin Brits had to retire hurt, we spoke about wrestling the initiative and picking up more wickets. That happened through good bowling partnerships. At no point did we think that we lost the game and the fielding efforts showed that. With the bat, we could have put 20 runs more on the board, but still, it was a good score."

Sneh Rana (Player of the Match, 5/43 in 10 overs): "I was thinking about my variations, taking wickets. Pace-off deliveries were working really well. Today it was a bit tougher condition-wise than the previous day, but the communication was clear with my captain about the tactics. I keep going no matter what, and whenever the team requires me to step up, I give my best."

Laura Wolvaardt [South Africa captain]: Taz batted really well, we were set up nice and early, but we lost our way with the bat. We had a lot of firepower on that order, fell just short after such a long game. (On Tazmin retiring) She had cramps and could barely get up the stairs, could only come back on when she was fit. The team needed to support her in the middle phase.

5:25 pm local time (5:25 pm IST): India Women win by 15 runs with 4 balls to spare!

Pratika Rawal 78 (91) | Sneh Rana - 5/43 (10)
Tazmin Brits 109 (107) | Nonkululeko Mlaba - 2/55 (10)

ODI cricket has its own charm! When one thinks that the match is surely heading one way, the plot twists and makes the pendulum swing the other way. It isn't a 120-ball contest, and so, the team that is in the driver's seat needs to make sure it remains in the driver's seat. South Africa did not, and India capitalized, big time!

Tazmin Brits and Laura Wolvaardt had India in all sorts! Runs are coming on both sides of the wicket and the shoddy fielding kept assisting the duo. Even after Wolvaardt's dismissal, Brits continued. Despite her struggles in the heat, she went on to bring up her 3rd ODI century. When she retired hurt, the match was very much in South Africa's pocket.

Sune Luus first and Annerie Dercksen later kept the charge going. But both succumbed to the pressure of the occasion and the other batters just fell down like a house of cards! Chloe Tryon's slow and rusty batting took the Protea Women nowhere either.

For India, the off-spin duo of Deepti Sharma and Sneh Rana took 8 wickets between them. Rana picked up a well-deserved fifer and there were dome crucial overs chipped in too by both Arundhati Reddy and Shree Charani!

Even after fielding poorly for most parts, some good saves and catches came out when they mattered and Harmanpreet Kaur's team kept their wits about themselves to take a humdinger of a match in hot and humid conditions!

Nonkululeko Mlaba has been dismissed for 8 runs off 6 balls

49.2 Kashvee Gautam to Nonkululeko Mlaba, THAT SHOULD BE THAT! Back of a length outside off, Mlaba makes room and carves this towards the fielder at deep cover. Mlaba desperately wanted the strike back, so she turned for the second right when the ball was hurled in at the keeper's. Ghosh gathered on the bounce and clipped the bails off, Mlaba was yards out of her ground. India were tested to a large extent, but they come out on top for the second time in this tri-series, winning by 15 runs today!

They needed shots like these a little bit earlier.

49.1 Kashvee Gautam to Nonkululeko Mlaba, flat-batted... OVER THE ROPES! Well well, are we in for a twist? Slow, back of a length outside off. Mlaba makes room, goes down the pitch and gives it a whack across the line. The ball flies just over the ropes towards long off

Kashvee Gautam [7.0-0-40-0] comes back into the attack.

Right then, we are into the final over of the innings with India in the driver's seat!

overs

254 /9 score

runs

Ayabonga Khaka *

0 (1)

Nonkululeko Mlaba

1 (4)

Arundhati Reddy

1 /59

48.6 Arundhati Reddy to Ayabonga Khaka, has this carried? Not according to Harmanpreet, she thinks it just bounced. Full, outside off, Khaka had a big swing across the line, got a thick edge towards short third. Harmanpreet dived forward and got hold of the ball

48.5 Arundhati Reddy to Nonkululeko Mlaba, full, on leg stump/ Whipped towards deep square for a run

48.4 Arundhati Reddy to Nonkululeko Mlaba, full, outside off again. Mlaba has another big swing, misses again

48.3 Arundhati Reddy to Nonkululeko Mlaba, on a full length outside off. Mlaba swings hard but misses

Ayabonga Khaka batting at 11th position

Just goes to show what can happen when two tail-enders are at the crease!

Masabata Klaas has been dismissed for 2 runs off 2 balls

48.2 Arundhati Reddy to Nonkululeko Mlaba, hesitation... PROVES COSTLY FOR SOUTH AFRICA! Reddy went full, landing it close to the blockhole around off. Mlaba dug it out into the leg side. Like typical tailenders, the batters were unsure whether to go for a run or not. Klaas is sent back from halfway, Reddy picks the ball up, runs towards the stumps and underarms the ball onto them, catching Klaas short

48.1 Arundhati Reddy to Masabata Klaas, on a hard length, turned towards deep backward square for a run

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